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1.  BLACKSTONE, William.  Commentaries on the Laws of England, in
Four Books. The Fifteenth Edition . . . by Edward Christian. Four
Volumes. Eller 27 [unrecorded variant?].  Printed by A. Strahan .
. . for T. Cadell and W. Davies [etc.], London, 1809.  Contemporary
calf, some joints just cracking, but very attractive. [55057 L26E]
PHOTO: http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=55057
                                                       $ 1,500.00

A pretty set of the last edition undertaken by Edward Christian,
who had succeeded Richard Burn as the editor of the 'Commentaries'
following Blackstone's death and who, by some decades, preceded
Maitland as Downing Professor of Law at Cambridge.

2.  BLACKSTONE, William.  The Great Charter and Charter of the
Forest, with Other Authentic Instruments: to Which is Prefixed An
Introductory Discourse, Containing the History of the Charters.  At
the Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1759.  Contemporary reverse calf,
rebacked, a good fresh copy. [55291 XYL27L28L42L54L63E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=55291   $ 3,500.00

The effort which gained Blackstone admission to the Society of
Antiquaries, still of significant scholarly value, establishing the
textual basis for modern scholarship on Magna Carta and the first
to prove the original Charter to be that of King John.

3.  CAMPBELL, George Douglas (Duke of Argyll).  The Reign of Law.
Fifth and cheaper edition.  Strahan and Co. Publishers 56, Ludgate
Hill, London, 1868.  Worn, one endpaper lacking; usable only.
[49765 L25L46] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=49765      $ 25.00

4.  CAMPBELL, John Lord.  The Lives of the Chief Justices of
England. From the Norman Conquest till the Death of Lord Tenterden.
Five Volumes.  Edward Thomson Co., Long Island, 1894-99.
Vellum-backed crimson boards, showing wear, but still attractive.
[55036] PHOTO: http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=55036
                                                         $ 850.00

The most sumptuous and elaborate of all the editions of the Lord
Campbell's 'Chief Justices', with many full-page plates, some in
color and others folding, providing us with an unbroken
biographical record from the Norman Conquest forward.

5.  COKE, Edward.  The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of
England. Or, a Commentary upon Littleton. . .Fourteenth Edition. .
.by Francis Hargrave. . .and Charles Butler. Including Also, The
Notes of Lord Chief Justice Hale, and Lord Chancellor Nottingham
[etc.].  Printed for E. and R. Brooke, Bell-Yard, near Temple-Bar,
London, 1789.  Contemporary calf, rebacked, a very good, clean,
tall copy. [55295 L33EL44EL46EL50EL51E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=55295   $ 1,250.00

One of the five greatest English law books, a substantial folio,
here in an edition which Maitland praised, particularly for its
notes and their value for the study of English medieval law.

6.  COKE, Edward.  La Huictme Part des Reports [etc.].  Printed for
the Societie of Stationers, London, 1611.  Modern 1/2 calf, a bit
rubbed, but a fresh copy. [55506 L33L40L54] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=55506   $ 1,250.00

First edition of the eighth part of Coke's Reports, in whose
preface he discusses at length the ancient laws of England, seeking
to establish their pre-Conquest existence (by citation to
historical authority) and the books in which they may be found.

7.  [CRIMINAL CONVERSATION IN IRELAND].  Authentic Report of the
Crim. Con. Trial of Joynt v. Jackson, in the Exchequer Court,
Dublin . . . from Shorthand Notes by a Gentleman in Court.  Edward
Smyth, Bookseller, 33, Temple Bar, Dublin, 1880.  New 1/4 calf, the
original wraps (front repaired) bound in. [55048 L26] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=55048     $ 150.00

8.  FITZHERBERT, Anthony.  La Novel Natura Breuium . . .
dernierement reuieu & corrigee per Laueteur, auecques vn Table
perfect, Des choses notables contenus en ycel, nouelment compose
per Guilliaulme Rastall.  Printed for the Companie of Stationers,
London, 1616.  Contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, rubbed, but a
good copy. [55308 W1*L27L41] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=55308     $ 750.00

An early 17th century edition of a work central to the
comprehension of the procedural heart of English law--the writ
system--and itself published for over three centuries, one of a
very few works repeatedly cited by Maitland as authority.

9.  HALE, Matthew.  The History of the Common Law . . . Fifth
Edition . . . by Charles Runnington . . . In Two Volumes.  Printed
for G.G. and J. Robinson [etc.], London, 1794.  Modern boards, some
embrowning, but a good, crisp set. [49975 L25L34L55L73EL77E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=49975     $ 650.00

Runnington's edition of what may properly be called the first
general history of English law, with Runnington's notes and his
extensive biographical essay upon Hale prefacing the work; Hale's
"Analysis of the Law" is appended in the second volume.

10.  INNES, Cosmo.  Lectures on Scotch Legal Antiquities.
Edmonston and Douglas, Edinburgh, 1872.  Modern 3/4 brown morocco,
quite clean and attractive. [55055 XL26L47EL66E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=55055     $ 275.00

The lectures upon the major figures of Scots law (including Craig,
Stair and Mackenzie) delivered at the Advocates Library and the
Juridical Society by Innes, "an antiquary who had no rival in his
own line"; with a portion devoted to Scots law books.

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